Police said a Reading man tunneled through a wall and stole a cell phone, cell phone charger and about $5 in change from a laundromat.

On Saturday, Jason Earls, 33, made a hole in a wall of the Cinderella Coin Laundry bathroom to enter the laundromat's office. Court documents say Earls entered the laundromat located at 16 East Columbia Avenue and asked to use the restroom, where he stayed for 30 to 45 minutes.

A laundromat employee said he noticed that a cell phone was missing from the office and that he refund jar full of quarters was empty, according to court documents. The employee said there was a hole in the bathroom wall underneath the vanity. Police said the property was recovered from Earls when he was taken into custody, court documents say.

On Dec. 28, court documents say Earls chased a check reported stolen by St. John Church of Christ in Reading. Documents said he cashed it for $97. Earls was charged with forgery and receiving stolen property on Jan. 4.

A man who has hepatitis C was indicted this month after spitting on a police officer and firefighter in November.

Larry Small, 66, of Over-the-Rhine, was charged with harassment with a bodily substance, court documents said. According to an affidavit, Small was being searched for marijuana in his pants pockets after being placed under arrest for open warrants. At that point, he spit on an officer. Small also spit on a firefighter documents say.

It was determined that Small had hepatitis C after a court-ordered blood test, court documents say.

A 20-year-old was indicted last week after his alleged involvement in a September burglary and kidnapping.

Police said Tyron Phillips, 20, of North College Hill was one of the men involved in a Sept. 25 incident in the 900 block of Kemper Meadow Drive in Forest Park.

According to court documents, Phillips and an accomplice forced entry into the home with guns and held Jonae Tye, a 15-month old, an 8-year old and a 16-year old at gunpoint. The men stole $2,400 and a cell phone and on their way out, took the 15-month-old, documents say.

Documents said Tye was hit in the head with a firearm and the 15-month-old was left in the vehicle used to flee the scene when a police officer attempted to stop them.